Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword: The Continuity of Genomes and Genetic Resources for the New Century, by Sydney Brenner
Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Part I. Perspectives on the Union of Conservation and Genetics
1. The Expansion of Conservation Genetics, by Rob DeSalle and George Amato
2. Conservation Genetics and the Extinction Crisis: A Perspective, by William Conway
3. Moving Toward a More Integrated Approach, by George Amato
Part II. Conservation Genetics in Action: Assessing the Level and Quality of Genetic Resources in Endangered Species
4. Neutral, Detrimental, and Adaptive Variation in Conservation Genetics, by Philip W. Hedrick
5. Stopping Evolution: Genetic Management of Captive Populations, by Robert C. Lacy
6. The Emerging Theme of Ocean Neighborhoods in Marine Conservation, by Stephen R. Palumbi
7. Genetic Data and the Interpretation of Restoration Priorities of the Cicindela dorsalis Say Complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae): The Components of Conservation Genetics Revisited, by Paul Z. Goldstein
Range Collapse, Population Loss, and the Erosion of Global Genetic Resources, by James P. Gibbs
Part III. Saving Genetic Resources
9. Biodiversity, Conservation, and Genetic Resources in Modern Museum and Herbarium Collections, by Robert Hanner, Angélique Corthals, and Rob DeSalle
10. Banking of Genetic Resources: The Frozen Zoo at the San Diego Zoo, by Leona G. Chemnick, Marlys L. Houck, and Oliver A. Ryder
11. The Role of Cryopreserved Cell and Tissue Collections for the Study of Biodiversity and Its Conservation, by Vitaly Volobouev
12. The Silent Biodiversity Crisis: Loss of Genetic Resource Collections, by Deborah L. Rogers, Calvin O. Qualset, Patrick E. McGuire, and Oliver A. Ryder
13. Who Owns the Ark, and Why Does It Matter?, by Cathi Lehn, Rebecah Bryning, Rob DeSalle, and Richard Cahoon
Part IV. Genomic Technology Meets Conservation Biology
14. Conservomics? The Role of Genomics in Conservation Biology, by George Amato and Rob DeSalle
15. Genomics and Conservation Genetics, by Judith A. Blake
16. Crop Transgenes in Natural Populations, by Norman C. Ellstrand
17. The Role of Assisted Reproduction in Animal Conservation, by Anne McLaren
18. Conservation and Cloning: The Challenges, by Ian Wilmut and Lesley Paterson
Part V. Policy, Law, and Philosophy of Conservation Biology in the Age of Genomics
19. Can Our Laws Accommodate the New Conservation Genetics?, by Gerald J. Flattmann Jr., Barbara A. Ruskin, and Nicholas Vogt
20. The Import of Uncertainty, by Sandra D. Mitchell
Further Reading
List of Contributors
Index